Help please - Nightster handlebar problem/question- UPDATE
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Help please - Nightster handlebar problem/question- UPDATE
AlthoughI love the look of the stock bars, after a long trip from Mass to Myrtle Beach and back, I have definitely decided I need to change handlebars. I wish it weren't so, but it is.
I do NOT want the mini-apes if I can help it, mostly because: 1) everyone seems to be getting them on their Nighster and 2) my hubby put them on his Night TRAIN, and I do not want to look like his mini-twin (his unspoken concern, not mine).
I need to get the bars closer to me. A lot closer. I am only 5' 3-1/2". I put a 3-1/2" riser on already, with the stock bars, and that made the height O.K. I need probably 10" of pullback to be comfortable. I am hoping not to have to spend $200 for a set of new bars!!!!
Question: Anyone know if a pullback riser can be used on the Nighster? Hubby seems to think there will be a problem clearing the tank (the speed, I think he means - not quite sure). Also, if I had to go to thicker bars (1-1/4" versus 1"), to get the bars that will work, anyone know if that will work on the Nightster ? (I assume I'd have to get different risers and maybe a different cap as well?).
Any help, suggestions, etc. most appreciated.
I do NOT want the mini-apes if I can help it, mostly because: 1) everyone seems to be getting them on their Nighster and 2) my hubby put them on his Night TRAIN, and I do not want to look like his mini-twin (his unspoken concern, not mine).
I need to get the bars closer to me. A lot closer. I am only 5' 3-1/2". I put a 3-1/2" riser on already, with the stock bars, and that made the height O.K. I need probably 10" of pullback to be comfortable. I am hoping not to have to spend $200 for a set of new bars!!!!
Question: Anyone know if a pullback riser can be used on the Nighster? Hubby seems to think there will be a problem clearing the tank (the speed, I think he means - not quite sure). Also, if I had to go to thicker bars (1-1/4" versus 1"), to get the bars that will work, anyone know if that will work on the Nightster ? (I assume I'd have to get different risers and maybe a different cap as well?).
Any help, suggestions, etc. most appreciated.
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RE: Help please - Nightster handlebar problem/question
Perch I can't help with your question about the bars but I'd be interested in hearing what others may have to say. How was the ride down to Myrtle on the Nightster? You might be the first to go the "distance" on the N. If you have a minute, let us know how you and the bike did. Thanks, Dan
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RE: Help please - Nightster handlebar problem/question
i have a set of bockhorns off the sportster that may be what your looking for, im not sure the pull back but they were a lot comfier than the drag bars that replaced them they arent black but that can be changed, i'll get em to you cheap if you want em
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RE: Help please - Nightster handlebar problem/question
I'd say mini apes are your best bet but I understand the reason for not wanting them. A lot of people say buck horns are comfy but I'm not a fan. I think the options are limited for ya. You could always go with big old apes and out do your hubbys mini apes
I don't have the minis but I think they are VERY comfortable and large apes might not be as good. good luck finding a good setup.
I don't have the minis but I think they are VERY comfortable and large apes might not be as good. good luck finding a good setup.
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RE: Help please - Nightster handlebar problem/question
Well - I have new bars. To complete the story - I DID have buckhorns on for a while and liked them but they weren't QUITE right, and I wasn't sure after a while if I liked the look of them. THey were free from a friend. Well - this friend had another set of bars (free also - I like free) and they are chrome mini-apes. Put my regular riser back on with these bars and I think this is going to do the trick. One thing about the buckhorns was that there were only 26" wide. The stock bar is between 31" and 32". These mini-apes are the same width. I think that was ONE of the things that wasn't quite right on the buckhorns. THat and they weren't QUITE high enough. Anyway - I decided since hubby has the black mini-apes, and that is also what lots of people are putting on their Nighster - that these chrome ones are a little different. So I am going to ride with them a while and see - but so far I did a 100 miler around the beautiful Quabbin Resevoir here in western MA and loved them.
As for the trip to Myrtle Beach - it was great except for my aching arms - I will write more in a separate post.
) and they are chrome mini-apes. Put my regular riser back on with these bars and I think this is going to do the trick. One thing about the buckhorns was that there were only 26" wide. The stock bar is between 31" and 32". These mini-apes are the same width. I think that was ONE of the things that wasn't quite right on the buckhorns. THat and they weren't QUITE high enough. Anyway - I decided since hubby has the black mini-apes, and that is also what lots of people are putting on their Nighster - that these chrome ones are a little different. So I am going to ride with them a while and see - but so far I did a 100 miler around the beautiful Quabbin Resevoir here in western MA and loved them.As for the trip to Myrtle Beach - it was great except for my aching arms - I will write more in a separate post.
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Perch, did you have to re-do your cables with those bars?
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Perch, did you have to re-do your cables with those bars?
Perch, did you have to re-do your cables with those bars?
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RE: Help please - Nightster handlebar problem/question- UPDATE
I changed to the pull back bars made by harley for the sportster and it was like night and day differance. I have a 2005 custom which hsa a riser already on it.